Sophia Ruester

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Publications

Publications and Working Papers

Ranci, P., L. Olmos, S. Ruester, M. Sartori, M.G. Pazienza, M. Galeotti, and J.-M. Glachant (2011): The impact of climate and energy policies on the public budget of EU Member States. THINK report.

Huppmann, D., R. Egging, F. Holz, C.v. Hirschhausen, S. Ruester, S.A. Gabriel (2011): The World Gas Market in 2030 – Development Scenarios Using the World Gas Model. Global Energy Issues, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 64-84.

Olmos, L., S. Ruester, S.J. Liong, and J.-M. Glachant (2011): Energy efficiency actions related to the rollout of smart meters for small consumers: Application to the Austrian system. Energy, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 4396-4409.

Hirschhausen, C.v., C. Haftendorn, J. Herold, F. Holz, A. Neumann, and S. Ruester (2010): Europe's Coal Supply Security: Obstacles to Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage. CEPS Policy Brief 223/November 2010.

Olmos, L., S. Ruester, S.J. Liong, and J.-M. Glachant (2010): Public Support for the Financing of RD&D Activities in New Clean Energy Technologies. RSCAS Policy Paper 2010/69.

Hirschhausen, C.v., C. Haftendorn, J. Herold, F. Holz, A. Neumann, and S. Ruester (2010): Europe's Coal Supply Security: Obstacles to Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage. CEPS Policy Brief 223/November 2010.

Hirschhausen, C.v., F. Holz, A. Neumann, and S. Ruester (2010): Supply Security in Natural Gas. In: Security of Energy Supply in Europe - Natural Gas, Nuclear and Hydrogen. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Ruester, S. (2010): Vertical Structures in the Global Liquefied Natural Gas Market: Empirical Analyses Based on Recent Developments in Transaction Cost Economics. Dissertation, Dresden University of Technology. Summary published in EDI Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 5-6. 

Ruester, S. and M. Zschille (2010): The Impact of Governance Structure on Firm Performance – An Application to the German Water Distribution Sector. Utilities Policy, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 154-162. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. (2010): Recent Dynamics in the Global Liquefied Natural Gas Industry. EE2 Working Paper. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. (2010): Recent Developments in Transaction Cost Economics. EE2 Working Paper. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. (2009): Trust as a Shift Parameter in the Extended Transaction Cost Framework – A first Application to the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry. EUI Working Paper. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. (2009): Changing Contract Structures in the International LNG Markets – A First Empirical Analysis. Revue d'Economie Industrielle, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 89-112. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. and A. Neumann (2009): Linking Alternative Theories of the Firm - A First Empirical Application to the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry. Journal of Institutional Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 47-64. View Abstract.

Ruester, S. and A. Neumann (2008): Next Year, Next Decade, Never? The Prospects of Liquefied Natural Gas Development in the US. Energy Policy, Vol. 36, No. 8, pp. 3150-3158. View Abstract.

Hirschhausen, C.v., A. Neumann, and S. Ruester (2007): Competition in Natural Gas Transportation? Technical and Economical Fundamentals and an Application to Germany. EE2 Working Paper. Published as: Wettbewerb im Ferntransport von Erdgas? Technisch-ökonomische Grundlagen und Anwendung auf Deutschland. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft, Vol. 31, No.3, S. 183-193. View Abstract.

 

Presentations

Supporting clean energy R&D: Grants for all?. Presentation at Wilton Park Conference on 'Prospects for the EU financial perspective in an age of austerity, Wilton Park, February 05, 2011; Loyola de Palacio Academic Roundtable, Florence, May 24, 2011; and FSR Annual Conference, Florence, May 25, 2011.

European Energy Supply Security: Do we have to worry about natural gas supply security? Presentation at the Conference on European Energy Supply Security, Bruegel, Brussels, October 14, 2010. 

The Impact of Governance Choice on Performance: An Application to the German Water Distribution Sector. Presentation at the 13th ISNIE Conference, Berkeley, California, June 18-20, 2009; as well as at the Séminaire Chair EPPP, Paris, May 21, 2010 (with M. Zschille).

Trust as a Shift Parameter in the Extended Transaction Cost Framework – A first Application to the Liquefied Natural Gas Industry. Presentation at the ESNIE 2009, Cargèse, May 18-22, 2009.

Changing Contract Structures in the International LNG Markets – A First Empirical Analysis. Presentation at the 31st IAEE International Conference, Istanbul, June 18-20, 2008; at the 7th Conference on Applied Infrastructure Research, Berlin, October 10-11, 2008; the 5th Journée ESNIE, Paris, January 16-17, 2009; at the 13th ISNIE Conference, Berkeley, California, June 18-20, 2009; as well as the Gas PhD Day at FSR, June 28, 2010.

Global Competition for Natural Gas Supplies - A Focus on the Pacific Basin LNG Market. Presentation at a GRJM/EE² Seminar, Paris, February 22, 2007.

Corporate Strategies along the LNG Value Added Chain - An Empirical Analysis of Determinants of Vertical Integration. Presentation at 26th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 24-27, 2006.